A tree under siege !!

This terrible sight I came across sometime back while traveling, this could be anywhere in India. First I thought the tree was blooming, as I approached I saw multicolored plastic kits hanging. It was a strange sight, the tree was the only one in the vicinity surrounded by multistoried buildings. The residents threw their garbage, some stuck in the branches. The thing is trees don’t have legs otherwise this one, like many in cities would run away!!. When I was a kid I used to think trees could speak to each other also that trees could take revenge if you break its branches, particularly in the night when they sleep. All of that is myth but now we know tree really can take revenge, you cut more trees you will definitely pay for it in the future and that is not a myth!

Many cities have banned plastic bags, the measure has been quite successful (the brigade that rant ban is no solution please excuse. It works!), the floods in Mumbai city to some extend was due to clogging by plastic. The earlier the government takes these steps better, much better would be biodegradable options. I have read somewhere about organic plastics.

Congrats to Delhi Government: This blogger wants to congratulate Dilli ki sarkar for introducing dedicated lanes for Buses!!. It is brilliant, the government shouldn’t give much significance to Media cry, since they are concerned about themselves and their family and friends. Yes there seems to be some chaos but that is normal, ask common people who travel in bus and they will tell how important this step is. The litmus test for any new measure is whether it is helping more people?. Further hundreds of people who occupy minimal public space while traveling should be given precedence.

Quite coincidently this blogger has traveled in the route where this experiment is being conducted i.e. from Khanpur to Moolchand, probably not less than thousand times in Bus (522 was my favorite route). I have spent hundreds of hours stranded inside crowded buses (summer was really bad), wherein a single occupant in a car would be contributing more towards the traffic jam and pollution. Introducing measures that give respite to more people should be the priority of the government- that is the reason why poor people stand in long queues to vote (it is not an outing for them). Ideally it should be win-win for all members of society but with depleting resources and space we have passed that.